diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index 30ec6cf..1596e64 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -517,17 +517,13 @@ Future<void> channelMenuUI(Store node) async {
       justShowedChannels = true;
     }
 
-    int option = showMenu([ 'Show all public channels',          // 1 
-                            'Enter a public channel',        // 2
-                            'Go back to main menu'],         // 3
+    int option = showMenu([ 'Enter a public channel',          // 1 
+                            'Show all public channels',        // 2
+                            'Go back to main menu'],           // 3
                           "Public Channels Menu"); // name of menu
     print('You picked: $option');
     switch(option) {
       case 1:
-        node.printAllChannelsInfo(1000, selectorShowAllRooms);
-        justShowedChannels = true;
-        break;
-      case 2:
 
         justShowedChannels = false;
         bool showChannelOption = true;
@@ -579,6 +575,11 @@ Future<void> channelMenuUI(Store node) async {
         }
         break;
 
+      case 2:
+        node.printAllChannelsInfo(1000, selectorShowAllRooms);
+        justShowedChannels = true;
+        break;
+
       case 3:
         continueChatMenu = false;
         break;
diff --git a/lib/settings.dart b/lib/settings.dart
index 7cfef02..014b1c1 100644
--- a/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/settings.dart
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int        gTextWidth           = gDefaultTextWidth; // is changed by --width op
 const int  gSpacesPerDepth      = 4;     // constant
 int        gNumLeftMarginSpaces = 0;// this number is modified in main 
 String     gAlignment           = "center";   // is modified in main if --align argument is given
-const int  gapBetweenTopTrees   = 2;
+const int  gapBetweenTopTrees   = 1;
 const int gNameLengthInPost     = 12;
 
 // after depth of maxDepthAllowed the thread is re-aligned to left by leftShiftThreadBy
diff --git a/lib/tree_ds.dart b/lib/tree_ds.dart
index ab70998..485b0e5 100644
--- a/lib/tree_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/tree_ds.dart
@@ -1052,11 +1052,11 @@ class Store {
         continue;
       }
 
-      for( int i = 0; i < gapBetweenTopTrees - 1; i++ )  { 
+      for( int i = 0; i < gapBetweenTopTrees; i++ )  { 
         stdout.write("\n"); 
       }
 
-      printTopPost(topPosts[i], depth + 1, newerThan);
+      numPrinted += printTopPost(topPosts[i], depth + 1, newerThan);
     }
 
     if( numPrinted > 0)
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ Store getTree(Set<Event> events) {
     if( gDebug > 0) log.info("kind 3 finished.");
 
     // remove bot events
-    events.removeWhere( (event) => gBots.contains(event.eventData.pubkey));
+    //events.removeWhere( (event) => gBots.contains(event.eventData.pubkey));
 
     // remove duplicate events
     Set ids = {};